Advent December 13 :St Mary

St Mary

My recent hospitalization was at St Marys- an amazing hospital 2 hours from here- the only

place i'll go to when it comes to getting cut open.

This is the same hospital I was helicoptered in when my son was born so tiny and untimely and when my last son left us.

I would sit in the garden to get some fresh air and stare at her...

sweet St Mary

So when little motherless Blossom came into my life..i had that same feeling.....

That understanding of pure LOVE and the need to share it

My daughter felt it too

and still does...she came home from college she was the best mom to me during my surgery loopiness.

she took real good care of me

just like St Mary 

Advent December 13  St Mary

Blessing:  Love is everything

XO!

milady

Show and Tell...Apifera Farm's Katherine Dunn

I have wanted to showcase this wonderful person for a while now but seeing that my spotty blogging has left my readers wandering for greener pastures, I hesitated.I am so moved by her animals, crazy for her art and inspired by her online presence! OH! how i wish I could be as organized! She feels like a kindred spirit to me. You know...i've always wanted a goat and a donkey to love ;) But I am inspired this very moment so here it goes....

not to mention I dreamt of Blossom again lastnight.

Katherine Dunn...Apifera Farm

There is a lady named Katherine Dunn who lives on a farm in Oregon. (hey, that rhymes! )

She bakes and gives to Man & Donkey alike

whilst creating and making with braids in flight

the young and the old are all worthy at the farm

living a safe and peaceful life...finally from harm. 

you can donate and help her help them

And help her publish her book here             
I've donated! 

There is so much here to love I could hardly focus! Please visit her world and her art for yourself.

Everything this woman does is an inspiration.

xo milady

Girls & Goodbyes

 We left in the wee hours of the morning to drive 8 hours out of the mountains and into the desert of Arizona.
The day had come, my baby was leaving home to start her new life as a college student - from a town of 900 to a campus of 78,000.
WHOA
Needless to say, she was a little nervous.
But all that faded away as we found her dorm to be pleasantly resort like, and her roomie a gem.
Not even the heat seemed to be an issue.
She is excited and ready to go. Bittersweet time for this mama.
My girls are leaving the Art Farm. First Blossom, now my girl - at least I still had my other daughter....Pearl.

Upon arriving home, we discovered that Pearl was missing - and to our horror learned she had been missing the entire week.
My heart sank.
Titanic style.

Luckily for us, we have a wonderful animal shelter which is where Pearl spent 7 days...someone decided she was lost (on our country road ) coaxed her into their home and kept her. After a f ew days they took her to the shelter. Meanwhile, our dogsitter, assumed a friend had come to get her and watch her at their house.
Whats even crazier is that she was up for adoption starting the day we got home. We actually had to adopt her back!
Happily I might add.
Never again will I let Pearl run around the farm bare naked...she didn't have a tag because she NEVER leaves the property!
PHEW - at least I got my girl back - this mom wouldn't have faired a complete empty- of- females nest!!!

Tell me about your "letting go" experiences. I need some advice! :)

xo milady

Bird Brain

Hello friends!

ART    One of my most favorite things about summer is the birds. The lovely little songbirds voices carrying me throught the day and leading me into night. It changes, you can tell, if you listen. The hoot owl deep in the dark.  The sketches are for fabric which will part of an amazing collaboration I am working on for my next art show in July.  "Sleeping with Nature"  in Telluride and part of Art & Architecture Weekend.

FARM   My farm is settling into itself without Blossom.  Who knew what an absence she would leave.
The only solace I can find is in planting flowers where I dare not before...Blossom was a free soul, frree to wander up to the house, sit on the porch, nap on the deck...no flowers were safe!
We did get 2 babies. Remy, my chosen little love, didn't want anything to do with me...ran away from me!
She was already a good 2 months old and didn't know me like Blossom did. So I chose 2 others because you know, a lamb will die from a broken heart if left alone...that night, one of them did indeed die. I couldn't take it...the one left over was so sweet and loved people..but there was a problem...he was now alone. I couldn't face the possibility so we made a decision to take him back - back to his friends, whose fates are unthinkable.  I won't post a pic of him - too heartbreaking - cos he was indeed ADORABLE.
Everything about him made me miss Blossom even more - how "trained" she actually was, how calm and loving she was, how special and irreplaceable she was.
He is happy with his people...about 8 other bums, the gang. We visit him and are working on finding homes.

ME  I have built a new website StephanieMorganRogers.com   with the thought of using Milady Productions as my shop.  The bones of the site will be live TODAY!. Please come and have a look! These matters take me a long time - since i'm distracted by birds and lambies and painting. :)
I decided to go for it and continue shaping it as I go...isn't that the way of life?

Hope you are all enjoying yourselves, are surrounded by things and creatures you love and love you and are doing what you love.

xoxo

S

With Great Sadness...

My dear Blossom has left the Art Farm.

2009 2 weeks old

2010 1 year

 The last photo a few days ago...after her annual shear

 Blossom and blossoms   spring 2013

that wonderful wool!

Free range friends

                                                                 Goodbye Friend
                                                                May you rest well <3 friend.="" my="" p="" sweet="">
Friends, with a great sadness I regret to inform you that Blossom has died. For all of you who have gotten to know me via my sheep, I trust that you know what a gaping hole she has left on the farm.
 She got kicked by her best friend, Magic, the white horse. She followed her everywhere, no fences needed, the pair roamed freely like elegant lawn decor.She never failed to make me smile, seeing her walk by my window, giving me friendly bleat as I rapped on the window or called out to her.Whenever I went out to feed she'd be there. When a car drove up to the house, she'd be there too. She was not your ordinary sheep. She was the incredible Lamb-dog we all (including husband) grew to love as much as I did.
 
Blossom was one in a million. A dream come true - a pet lamb! Although I could never replace her, I am heading to the lamb shed to see who else needs a mom.  I need it as much as they do. I've picked out a sweet little girl named Remy who I had planned to bring home as a companion for Blossom. Remy has that unusual air about her. All lamb with something else mixed in. A trusting friend. More on her soon.

Blossom is buried with our family pets around the box elder memory tree. We had to get a cowboy to come over with a big back hoe and dig a hole. I'm quite certain he was confused.

You may wonder, why a sheep? why so dramatic? Well, all i can tell you is that friends come in all shapes, color and fur.  A bond is a bond and love knows no boundaries.

 "The heart knows a hundred thousand ways to speak -Rumi
xoxo

Camp and Clogs

Isn't it strange and wonderful when

you have a thought about something

then find it on the web

I was looking for my beloved red clogs

getting ready to do some photos

with Blossom etc...

the clogs that make me feel like

me

I couldn't find them anywhere in my house

but i did find

Dottie Angel

what a woman!

8 kids and red clogs!

Dottie Angel's workshop by ACE camps 
Angela Ritchie of ACE camps is a genius! She gathers amazing artists all over the globe and creates workshops. I love her Pinterest too. Great finds of all kinds!
If I had a million dollars...(sing the song)

I'd go to every one. Just for fun. Cos, how often do you get to meet someone else on the planet who loves red clogs as much as I do?!

at least i know where my red truck is :)

xo milady

Drawing Challenge: Sheep

William Blake the visionary



My little Blossom



my field of dreams





vintage putz sheep - etsy

 


Sheep Boy available by request in my shop

 


Carl Larsson's home

Sheep. Ah yes, my sweet obsession.

what is it? why do i love thee so?

Its a piece in the puzzle.

The treasure hunt of my life.

The distinct by hazey memory of a life lived

in a Swedish Farmhouse

or handstitched art farm

with family and history

where all flock together

in peace

no matter fur , wool or feather.

say hello to the rest of the flock

Elisabeth

Rachel

Ariane

Nadine
Patrice
Jasmin

anyone else? please join us!



Drawing Challenge : Blossom

Hello My Lovely Blossoms! Spring here means more snowstorms which means fickle internet. The sun has come out! So, here you go. enjoy and don't forget to smell the roses at all these lovely participants!
                              elisabeth ,patrice,ariane,citalli,woolf,rachel,fru mju,jasmin,hanna 
                                            any others? please let me know!

               
                                                               BLOSSOM
                                              
                                                                       elsa beskow

 

                                                                    jean jacques grandville

A little of me and a little of others...this week, i'm clearly enchanted by the wee folk who live in blossoms.
And don't forget my Blossom, coming up on 2 years old next month!

xo milady